It was the second English Language Bible authorized for use by the Church of England. The 1602 edition would be used as the foundation for the forthcoming King James Version. 1568 AD: The Bishops Bible- Ordered by Queen Elizabeth the First in response to the sometimes thorny marginal notes of the Geneva Bible.
Translated by Reformation Fathers while in exile in Switzerland escaping the persecution of England’s Bloody Queen Mary. (80 Books)
1560 AD: The Geneva Bible – The first English Language Bible to include both verse and chapter numbers and the first to include printed marginal notes thus creating the first study Bible. 1539 AD: The Great Bible- Ordered by King Henry the Eighth, it is the First English Language Bible Authorized for use by the Church of England. 1537 AD: Tyndale-Matthews Bible- The second complete Bible is printed in English. It was produced under the pseudonym of “Thomas Matthew” by John Rogers to avoid persecution. 1535 AD: Myles Coverdale’s Bible- The first complete Bible is printed in the English Language. (80 Books: O.T. 1526 AD: William Tyndale completes his New Testament being the first ever printed in the English Language. His work was interrupted after completing just the first 21 chapters of Matthew and was forced to flee persecution to Worms, Germany. 1525 AD: William Tyndale begins printing the New Testament at Cologne, Germany. 
1522 AD: Martin Luther produces his German New Testament. 1516 AD: Desiderius Erasmus produces a Greek/Latin Parallel New Testament. The first book ever printed is Gutenberg’s Bible in Latin. Books may now be mass-produced instead of individually hand-written. 1455 AD: Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press and utilizes movable type. 1384 AD: John Wycliffe, The Morning Star of the Reformation, is the first person to produce a manuscript copy of the complete Bible all 80 Books. 995 AD: Anglo-Saxon, early roots of the English language, translations of the New Testament were produced. 600 AD: Latin was the only language allowed for Scripture. 500 AD: The Scriptures have been translated into over 500 languages. 382 AD: Jerome’s Latin Vulgate- The manuscripts were produced which contain All 80 Books (39 Old Test. 315 AD: Athenasius, the Bishop of Alexandria, identifies the 27 Books of the New Testament which are today recognized as the canon of scripture. 1st Century AD: The completion of all original Greek manuscripts which make up the 27 Books of the New Testament. 200 BC: The completion of the Septuagint Greek manuscripts which contain the 39 Old Testament Books and the 14 Apocryphal Books. 500 BC: The completion of all original Hebrew manuscripts which make up the 39 Books of the Old Testament. 1,400 BC: The first written Word of God: The Ten Commandments were delivered to Moses.
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